NeXtMidas commands begin with a command name and may be
followed by parameters (specifying the arguments required by the command) and
switches. The command name specifies which command to execute. The name is
case-insensitive and may be abbreviated, but only if the abbreviation is not
ambiguous with any other command. For example, conf
invokes the CONFIDENCE
command and config
invokes CONFIGURE
. To see a
complete list of NeXtMidas commands in the command dictionary, type MENU
at the NeXtMidas shell
prompt:
nM> menu
After each command, the letter I, P or M designates the command as an Intrinsic, Primitive or Macro.
To see a full explanation of a specified command (i.e.,
syntax, parameter requirements, command operation), type EXPLAIN <
command>
after
the NeXtMidas prompt:
nM> explain <command>
or
nM> expl <command>